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Airship Passes Over City Of Newport
'A Mysterious Message'
Dropped From The Skies By Captain Pegasus
Numerous reports were rife in Newport Saturday that the airship
had been seen passing over Newport Friday at 8 p.m.
Mrs. Pilling of 18 West Third Street, says she saw the ship. It
was cigar-shaped and showed a bright light.
Miss L. Remme, artist and sister of Ed Remme, cashier of the
German National Bank - residing at 22 West Third Street, found in
her yard Saturday morning a little muslin bag filled with sand,
containing a note which read: "Passed over Newport at 40 miles an
hour. Traveled 200 miles since 4:30 Friday afternoon: Expect to
be in Nashville Sunday at 3:30. "CAPTAIN PGASUS." [sic]
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